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Afghani Army and Equipment
Anyone willing to sell arms to Afghanis? I wanted Germans and Turks for trainers plus Russians for equipment but Russia bailed out. let me know if yo want to finance a losing war.
I got so far the post 1936 Afghani army as six Infantry Division, seven mixed divisions (half infantry-half cavalry), the Royal Guards (Division (a mix of a lot of different types) and an independent cavalry brigade. I want at least the Guards and one or two divisions being trained following a german model.
Italy has plenty of 6.5x52 ammunition and rifles and machine guns chambered for it to get rid of.
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Vukovlad" (Jun 5th 2009, 4:18pm)
Yes. That is the model I'm using for the Afghani Army. Right now is even larger than the Persian one, if that possible.
Apparantly Afghanistan ordered 10 Skoda T-11 tanks that were eventually delivered to Bulgaria
Originally posted by Vukovlad
Apparantly Afghanistan ordered 10 Skoda T-11 tanks that were eventually delivered to Bulgaria
Yes, in 1940.
They were ordered in 1940 or delivered to Bulgaria?
Originally posted by Vukovlad
They were ordered in 1940 or delivered to Bulgaria?
Ordered in 1938 for 1940 delivery, my research said.
NWM found it:
The history of the production of the second delivered 10 tanks began in 1938, when Afghanistan ordered them in the 'Skoda' company, but armed with the more modern 37 mm L/47.8 gun, with factory name A-7, instead of the standard 37mm A-3 L/40 gun. The German occupation of Czechoslovakia stopped the deal.
The British have long had "advisers" in the country. I'd expect sizable numbers of Lee Enfields and some Vickers and Lewis MGs from the Great War. Certainly as other storylines have indicated private arms dealers pop up everywhere acorss the world selling British arms.
Therefore without offical sanction such British small arms might get to Afghanistan.
The standard rifle of the Afghan army is the Lee-Enfield according to what I have read along the Martini-Henry among the irregulars